Bill O'Reilly Talks About Iraq, NSA, Letterman Media Coverage

FoxNews ^ | 01/10/2006 | Bill O'Reilly

[HOTTIEBOY]

The truth about Iraq: that is the subject of this evening's "Talking Points Memo".

A number of high-profile Democrats, including John Kerry, Al Gore and Jimmy Carter have accused President Bush of purposely misleading the American public about the war in Iraq. You know that. How often have you heard people say Bush lied?

Well, over the weekend, I read the new book "State of War" by New York Times reporter James Risen, who will not come on “The Factor”, by the way. I read the book because one of our good CIA contacts told us it was, the book, fairly accurate about the NSA telephone tap issue and Iraq.

Here's what Risen says in the book. That then CIA Director George Tenet had conflicting intelligence about WMDs, but did not bring the no WMD intel to the president's attention. That is on page 106.

So it would appear that all of those who accuse Mr. Bush of lying owe him an apology, and that includes a number of New York Times columnists.

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Times reporter Risen also says that Tenet had no idea there would be an insurrection after Saddam was deposed. And the major cause of that insurrection was the disbanding of the Iraqi Army. More than 200,000 young men found themselves unemployed. And some joined the terrorists.

So on Iraq, the mess, according to Risen, belongs to the CIA. On the NSA, Risen's reporting and analysis blurs. And this is the main weakness in the book.

The reader often doesn't know what's opinion and what's fact. Risen flat-out states President Bush broke the law

[geezerwheezer]

O'Reilly held his own with Letterman, but as dumb as Letterman is, my dog would do well. O'Reilly is waking up to the fact that the MSM is not his friend, nor is any other news organization going to give him a break. He should be realizing what is going on, and then have fun tearing each of those newsfolks a new one. His audience is a heck of a lot bigger than Newsweek's or US News&World Report's. Have fun O'Reilly>>>>

[nutmeg]

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[StarFan]

If you're awake, Risen will be on C-Span tomorrow morning around 7:30 a.m.

[nutmeg]

7:30AM...yikes! Saw Risen last night on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" spewing a bunch 'o nonsense. (That entire show is nothing but nonsense... and unfortunately too many young people today take it for gospel)

Thanks for the info, though. I'll try to tune in or tape it. I'm sure the C-SPAN interview will have more substance to it than the one I saw on The Daily Show.

[Alamo-Girl]

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